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Trying to find peacefulness!
Here to heap praise on those who bring: Science, Nature, Art, History, Music, Comedy, Gaming, Aquariums, Poetry. Please use alt text!
Does anybody ever get this right?
She/Her in the mountain west U.S.𓅮
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snipticker @snipticker.bsky.social · Jul 19
Here are some nice clouds! I'm thinking cirrocumulus! #skysky #clouds
A photo of the sky: white fluttering waves of high thin white clouds across a bluesky. The sun is showing through clouds at the bottom. There is the top of a house and trees at the bottom just under the sun. The small text watermark @snipticker is in the lower portion.
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lowqualityfacts.bsky.social
Poor Gawain.
King Arthur constructed a round table to ensure that no knight would ever be stuck at a corner with Gawain.
September 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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minouette.bsky.social
Day 27 #SciArtSeptember prompt bounded made me think of electrons and how whether they are bounded or free determines the nature of materials so I’m sharing my portrait of Millie Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017). 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci She was a professor of physics & 🧵
My linocut portrait of Millie Dresselhaus in white sweater, red blazer, and C for carbon necklace, with the structure of a carbon nanotube behind her, in red, silver and black ink.
September 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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adoptbot.bsky.social
Discover your next family member: June, located in Oviedo, FL.

Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/june-78295334/fl/oviedo/cats-can-fl804/
June is a Domestic Short Hair mix cat, available for adoption in Oviedo, FL. June is a Domestic Short Hair mix cat, available for adoption in Oviedo, FL. June is a Domestic Short Hair mix cat, available for adoption in Oviedo, FL.
September 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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mikez.bsky.social
Three whimsical prompts. Less stress than Inktober. Painters, pencilers, wordsmiths, photographers - join us! No artificial flavors, please.
#art 🍂
rendernev.bsky.social Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · Sep 26
Hello, everyone! It’s almost October, and Guild Eleven will be hosting the 3rd annual tiny art challenge called, “Guild Eleven Mysterium”. It’s only three prompts! Just post here on the dates below and use the hashtag #Guild11Mysterium. Look forward to seeing your mysterious artwork in October!🍂
Join us for three art prompts! Precocious Pumpkin-lings on 10/9, Decrepit Domicile in 10/16, and Bespoke Beasties on 10/23!
September 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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ilistrudiepalmer.bsky.social
When we were kids, we’d take the unopened bud of this white flower, pop it on each other’s heads and shout, “Jump up and kiss me!”

The little pop really did sound like a kiss.

So here’s to a Jump-Up-And-Kiss-Me Saturday for you all.

#WokeToJoy #WeekendVibes
Close-up of a cluster of small white flowers and round green buds against glossy leaves. The petals are delicate, with a faint pink tint at the center, known locally as “Jump up and kiss me.”
September 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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rockymountviews.bsky.social
Denver7 News: ICE activity reported in Colorado mountain towns, sparking community concerns
www.denver7.com/news/mountai...
ICE activity reported in Colorado mountain towns, sparking community concerns
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity has been reported in Colorado's high country, including an operation in Summit County on Thursday.
www.denver7.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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minouette.bsky.social
Look “space green” kosmochlor may be of meteorite origin and occasionally carved as it’s associated with jadeite, but blue kyanite definitely gets the arts vote for jewelry and use in porcelain and pottery glazes. Plus is gets physics points as an index metal. #MinCup25
Elephant and two boys Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Date: 19th century Culture: China Medium: Kosmochlor jadeitite Dimensions: H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Classification: Jade Credit Line: Bequest of Edmund C. Converse, 1921 Object Number: 21.175.113 This sculpture of two boys seated on a crouching elephant is from the Met. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/43285 Kyanite is a naturally occurring aluminum silicate mineral that typically forms as bladed crystals, and occasionally it occurs as radiating masses of crystals. The name kyanite is derived from the Greek word kyanos which means “blue.” Gem quality kyanite has a royal blue color similar to fine sapphire. This material is highly prized by those who cut gemstones. Kyanite can be cut en cabochon, faceted, or fashioned into beads, however its variability in hardness and color zoning can make it difficult to fashion and facet. Transparent intense blue kyanite is beautiful and is considered to be an exotic gemstone because it is not often seen in jewelry. Kyanite is predominately found in shades of blue and green, but it can also be yellow, white and orange. This 5.87ct gem is an intense deep blue color and the largest and finest kyanite from Nepal in the National Gem Collection. Smithsonian Museum" TABLE DECORATION, silver, stone, stamped Grupo Gal, bird with back feathers consisting of kyanite / cyanite. Height about 21 cm, length about 37 cm. https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/TABLE-DECORATION-silver-stone-stamped-Grupo-Gal-bird-with-back-feathers-consisting-of-kyanite-cyanite/2201421-table_decoration-28.4.22-stockholm vessel with kyanite stoneware glaze via https://firedupkilns.com.au/shop/ols/products/kyanite-stoneware-glaze
September 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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colinpurrington.bsky.social
Here's my cat, Fluffernutter Purrington, watching a mouse through a basement window when a camel cricket launches and surprises them both. Mouse decides it's all just too weird and abandons the bowl of nuts. #cat #mouse #cricket #trailcam #caturday
September 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
Johns Hopkins should buy Ruth's Chris and make the world's fanciest and most confusingly named steakhouse for cannibals, Johns Hopkins' Ruth's Chris
September 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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monicabyrne13.bsky.social
"A new climate analysis — presented for the first time here — projects how humidity and heat will collide to form 'wet bulb' temperatures that will disrupt the norms of daily existence."
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...
projects.propublica.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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adoptbot.bsky.social
Unlock endless joy and companionship with, Hera, located in Medford, OR.

Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/hera-78378091/or/medford/sohumane-or26/
Hera is a Mixed Breed dog, available for adoption in Medford, OR.
September 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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artologica.net
Your periodic reminder
one of the simplest and most powerful things we can do as artists is to tell people about each other's work. Share some art today
September 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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adree.bsky.social
@snipticker.bsky.social pollen pants!
hangmanpage.bsky.social HANGMAN PAGE @hangmanpage.bsky.social · Sep 23
nothing says ‘its fall yall’ like bees buzzin around on your goldenrod while the strawberry bushes you planted nearby just absolutely fuck off right back into the waterlogged clay into which you placed them
a little bee sippin n slurpin on some yellow goldenrod, thusly named because the blooms are golden, but also the bee is yellow, this is like alliteration but with colors
September 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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abbyhiggs.bsky.social
My rapture outfit
Keef from The Righteous Gemstones wearing all black lacy suit FOR CHURCH
September 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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franzanth.bsky.social
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Fish Buttholes May Be The Reason We Now Have Fingers, Study Finds
The reason we humans have fingers today may all be thanks to a fish's clacker.
www.sciencealert.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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adamconover.net
Apparently it’s that easy to make friends.

UNMEDICATED premieres on YouTube on September 26th!
September 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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marinamueller935.bsky.social
Porcupine, recorded in Québec by my friend
1/2
September 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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swordsjew.bsky.social
would anyone like my recommendations of gay romance books i really liked. i have a bunch up my sleeve now, they are pretty much all fairly raunchy historical fiction
September 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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thebirdsnest.bsky.social
The squirrels are so active right now that they are bumping all the cameras. This camera goes to my protected birdbath and it got knocked off. I always like to see if it caught anything and this time it got a golden crowned sparrow. It’s mostly cut off, a head shot…it’s forging on the ground. #Birds
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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jiminyspigot.bsky.social
jiminy's animal reviews: This is a type of wrasse found in the Caribbean Sea known as a slippery dick (𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴), which was also the Secret Service’s code name for Bill Clinton. They’re not valued by anglers or aquarium owners, so it seems nobody wants to put their hands on it. 🧵
A slender green and pink fish with black stripes and short dorsal/ventral fins, floating near a rock. "IMG_4863ac Slippery Dick (Halichoeres bivittatus)" by Kevin Bryant ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/mentalblock/4764145952 ) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse.
September 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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himmapaan.bsky.social
#WorldRhinoDay

Black rhinoceros, _Diceros bicornis_.
'So nice they named it twice.'

Pencil on Arches hot pressed, 89 × 64 mm. From 2017.
Pencil drawing of the head of a black rhinoceros in profile, facing right.
September 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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antlervel.vet
Finding out “Islands in the Stream” was written by the Bee Gees was one of those like. Ah yeah that uh. That actually makes a lot of sense. Type of moments. Reblog if you find this relatable
September 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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guilhernunes.bsky.social
Friends, I am starting my account on Substack!! I intend to post articles about how I found success in the illustration career, compilations of art with the same themes, reviews of artistic materials... and I am accepting recommendations on what you want!!

substack.com/@guilhernunes?
guilhernunes | Substack
substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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alexwild.bsky.social
I somehow survived to the age of 52 without being aware of the extinct giant short-faced bears.
Arctodus - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
Doodle timeline cleanse.
Small goldendoodle curled up like a teddy bear on a couch.
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM